The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 118 132 127
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 2 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.084% 0.095% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.104% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £245 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £283 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
-5.83% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £19.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+28.20% -2.50%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2180 2874 2686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.02% 91.38% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 1030 1019
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 128 184
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -30.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Tester
South East

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Tester across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Tester across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Software Tester Daily Rate Trend

Software Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Tester across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Software Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Software Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Tester across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Software Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Software Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +12 1 £190 -
Newbury - 1 £300 -
Software Tester
South East

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Software Tester in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (20.00%) ESRI
3 1 (20.00%) ArcGIS
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) Billing
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) QADirector
3 1 (20.00%) Selenium
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) V-Model
3 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (20.00%) QADirector
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (20.00%) V-Model
1 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ESRI
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle